[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
Heh, all I get is a no flash dead end page trying to check out that site on my Droid just now. On May 2, 4:51 am, androidpublisher.com dpack...@gmail.com wrote: Now developers worldwide can publish theirpaidappsthroughhttp://www.androidpublisher.com On Apr 14, 12:33 pm, r0ytlay mipa...@gmail.com wrote: You should still be able to release your app as apaidapp in countrieswhere it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not supportpaidapps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is nopaidmarket, but i hope to be able to sell it in thecountriesthat supportspaid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support forpaidapps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good freeappson the market from developers who can't release apaidversion. This will also keep the price of thepaidapps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick evenmoreis that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Formoreoptions, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
On 21 dub, 20:08, Lucian Tomuta lucian.tom...@gmail.com wrote: So why not go for Symbian then (well, actually for Nokia's Ovi Store as they support Java apps on Symbian but Series 40 devices as well). Certainly bigger market worldwide and you are welcome to set your price. IMHO Nokia is after zenith. They made some things in the past that make them not credible for me as a developer. Companies are companies, they tend to think at a bigger level/scale and yes, their plans don't necessarily match yours all the time. This is why you keep your options open and play all cards. Whether you like the OS or not that's not that relevant, especially when you write in Java anyway so you have one abstraction layer between you and the OS. What matters is the OS (or rather the phone product as a whole) that end-users buy and you therefore can target. The only question remains whether the code you may already have can be (at all) reused between Android and the other Java platforms. I'm new to Android and new to Java too so I can't really comment on this. Java in Symbian and Java in Android is something completely different. It needs a lot of effort to make nice app for Symbian in Java. For Android it is quite easy. What I'm really wondering is why Google does not allow people to buy and sell from any country? Do they want to give Android the feeling that everything is for free and attract more users? Do they prefer money from ads to commission from Android Marker? This can be IMHO taint of Android as I love AdSense on Web (as I consider it useful) but I HATE ads in SW. Google's approach to Android Market makes me crazy. I like Google and many their ideas but Android Market looks like something artificially retarded. Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
Now developers worldwide can publish their paid apps through http://www.androidpublisher.com On Apr 14, 12:33 pm, r0ytlay mipa...@gmail.com wrote: You should still be able to release your app as apaidapp in countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not supportpaidapps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is nopaidmarket, but i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supportspaid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support forpaidapps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release apaidversion. This will also keep the price of thepaidapps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
So why not go for Symbian then (well, actually for Nokia's Ovi Store as they support Java apps on Symbian but Series 40 devices as well). Certainly bigger market worldwide and you are welcome to set your price. Companies are companies, they tend to think at a bigger level/scale and yes, their plans don't necessarily match yours all the time. This is why you keep your options open and play all cards. Whether you like the OS or not that's not that relevant, especially when you write in Java anyway so you have one abstraction layer between you and the OS. What matters is the OS (or rather the phone product as a whole) that end-users buy and you therefore can target. The only question remains whether the code you may already have can be (at all) reused between Android and the other Java platforms. I'm new to Android and new to Java too so I can't really comment on this. Best regards, Lucian Calling All Innovators 2010 - mobile development competition http://bit.ly/bUjIzfhttp://www.google.com/url?sa=Dq=http://bit.ly/bUjIzfusg=AFQjCNFstBkHXFkF57jOWWHbBATvBHsX2w On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Amir Alagic amirs...@gmail.com wrote: Google wants more users and if they can tell to users that more than 65% of all apps are free apps unlike on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows... then users will buy Android with free apps... and Google will get more users... more revenues from adds... and we will maybe get Nexus Two from Google and Motorola... Nexus three I like Android but Google is no different than Apple, Microsoft or any other large company... Google only has different methods to control and achieve what they want... On Apr 14, 6:40 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately you won't be able to sell it. On Apr 14, 6:33 pm, r0ytlay mipa...@gmail.com wrote: You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
I am from the Czech Republic. I don't care so much if it's possible to buy apps here, I just want to sell my apps. On Apr 14, 6:08 pm, Donal Rafferty draf...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies for my spelling: I believe by the end of the year there will be enough Android users to make an Irish paid market worthwhile but its been quite clear a paid apps market in Ireland so far hasn't made sense. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Donal Rafferty draf...@gmail.com wrote: Might be helpful if you state which country your in and want the paid market to come to? I'm in Ireland and to be honest Android is only starting to take off here so there was no sense in having a paid market here. I believe by the end of the year there will be enough Android users to make an Irish paid market worthwhile but its been quiet clean a paid apps market in Ireland so far hasn't made sense. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:48 PM, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2Bunsubs cr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
Unfortunately you won't be able to sell it. On Apr 14, 6:33 pm, r0ytlay mipa...@gmail.com wrote: You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
[android-developers] Re: Paid apps in more countries - I am sick about it
I think that Google know what it is doing. All developers are excited about Android... we say it is open, free, no control... much better than iPhone OS... and we are developing applications for Android... this is second year that we hope that paid apps will come soon... While iPhone developers get money... millions... we will get Nexus One from Google and promise that paid apps will come soon. Same story in 2009... same story in 2010... and when we get paid apps in 2011 there will be so many free apps that no one will want/need to buy an app... Google wants more users and if they can tell to users that more than 65% of all apps are free apps unlike on iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows... then users will buy Android with free apps... and Google will get more users... more revenues from adds... and we will maybe get Nexus Two from Google and Motorola... Nexus three I like Android but Google is no different than Apple, Microsoft or any other large company... Google only has different methods to control and achieve what they want... On Apr 14, 6:40 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately you won't be able to sell it. On Apr 14, 6:33 pm, r0ytlay mipa...@gmail.com wrote: You should still be able to release your app as a paid app in countries where it is supported, even thoug you are in a country which does not support paid apps, or am i wrong? I am almost finished developing my app which im planning to charge for. Unfortunetly i live in sweden where there is no paid market, but i hope to be able to sell it in the countries that supports paid market. On Apr 14, 5:48 pm, fhucho fhu...@gmail.com wrote: Last year in October I was told by Reto Meier that expanding support for paid apps in Android Market is the top priority for the Market team. Now, six month later, I don't beleive he was telling the truth. I am really sick about this. Maybe this is a way for Google to keep the app prices low - there will be many good free apps on the market from developers who can't release a paid version. This will also keep the price of the paid apps lower (because the user might switch to competitor's app that is free). The thing I am sick even more is that they are not able to give out any other response than We're woking on it (which I find a bit hard to beleive, they're working on it for over a year with no result). When I ask a very simpe question, Will it happen in 2010 or later?, they answer with silence. I haven't found any forum about this that has some official reply from a Googler. I guess this post will be also left without an answer from anyone from Google. Why is Google so secretive about this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
